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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rosie take William?
(a) To the horse track.
(b) To meet her daughter.
(c) To join a whist game.
(d) To see Ted.

2. Where does Rosie live?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Newport News.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Yonkers.

3. What is Quentin Forde most interested in at the Driffields' parties?
(a) Talking to Jasper Gibbons.
(b) Talking to Ted about plots.
(c) Coming to the attention of Isabel Trafford.
(d) Rosie's beauty.

4. Who is Lionel Hillier?
(a) A dramatist.
(b) A flamboyant painter.
(c) A sculptor.
(d) A poet.

5. How does Rosie keep in touch with Blackstable?
(a) Through Mary-Ann.
(b) Through biweekly visits to her mother in Haversham.
(c) Through the curate.
(d) Through Mrs. Ashenben.

6. In what type of neighborhood do the Driffields reside?
(a) One that is on the edge of the homes of the peerage.
(b) An upper middle class, neat and well kept one.
(c) A lower working-class one that is loud and smelly.
(d) One that had once been respectable but has declined.

7. What does Rosie say will happen in a hundred years?
(a) Women will be as free as men to enjoy sex without censure.
(b) People will live the way they wish.
(c) People will revere William as a poet.
(d) They will all be dead and none of this will matter.

8. What does William say about Rosie's heart?
(a) It was strong.
(b) It was weak.
(c) It was of gold.
(d) It was cold.

9. What is the reaction to the book he publishes?
(a) Outrage.
(b) Acclaim.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Excitement.

10. Who does William meet through the Driffields?
(a) Roy Kear.
(b) Lord George.
(c) His future wife.
(d) Creative people.

11. What happens to Kemp's business deal?
(a) He ends all business deals.
(b) It falls through and a warrant is issued for Kemp.
(c) It is thriving.
(d) It is just in its infancy.

12. To what do the Driffields invite William?
(a) To a book reading.
(b) To their regular Saturday afternoon gatherings.
(c) To share thier box at the horse track.
(d) To some friends's home for tea.

13. What happens between Ted and his nurse?
(a) She ends up introducing him to his next wife.
(b) She ends up suing him.
(c) They marry.
(d) They collaborate on a new book.

14. With whom does Ted spend most of his time at the Saturday gatherings?
(a) With Kear and Kemp.
(b) With older and more important guests than William.
(c) With Rosie.
(d) With Isabel.

15. What does William know that Roy and Amy do not?
(a) Ted had a son from an affair before Rosie who is alive.
(b) Ted had a daughter from an affair before Rosie who is alive.
(c) Rosie is still alive.
(d) Both Rosie and Kemp are still alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps Rosie occupied for a couple weeks?

2. How does William remember Rosie?

3. What does William do all day while living at Vincent Square?

4. Where do Roy and William meet?

5. What does Rosie do as Ted writes at night?

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